Combination study-chair.



E. 0. KLEMM & E. W. SCHREIBER.

COMBINATION STUDY CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED ace. 2. 1913.

' Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I E. 0. KLEMM & E. W. SCHREIBER.

COMBINATION STUDY CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2, 1913.

1,161,691 Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO., WASHINGTON, D. c.

E. O. KLEMM & E. W. SCHREIBER.

COMBINATION STUDY CHAIR.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC.Z. I913. 1,161,691.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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ammo w typewriter 2 PATNT EDWIN o. KLEMM, or 'SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, ANDUEDWIN w. SCHREIBER, orjYUivIA,

' V ARIZONA-" I COMBINATION. STUDY-CHAIR.

The object in view is the provision of such a chair with a plurality of'units, independent and adapted for different purposes and to this end we attach to the chair at various points about the same, such-elements as'book shelves, an adjustable reading or book rest, a

partments,certain of said units being adapted to interlockingly cooperate with eachother to enable compact arrangement and incidentally afford additional functions for said units; i v 7 As this description proceeds itwill be obvious that the aim of our inventionis to 'provide'an article of furnitureparticularly useful to a student by means of which the occupantof the chair may so maintain within reach reference books, magazines and like necessary matter as to eliminate the necessity of moving therefrom and possibly interrupting the trend of thought by going to a bookcase, desk, etc., for the information needed.

. With the above and other objects in view,

thisinvention consists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter more fullydescribed, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: '7

Figure 1 is a'perspective view of a chair constructed in accordance with: our invention, the seat and back cushionstherefor being omitted to show more clearly the details of construction. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken about on the line L- i of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a view partly in section showing the a interlocking cooperation of certain of the units provided on the chair. Fig. 6 is an enlarged" detail Specification of Letters Patent.

seat portion stand, magazine rack, and com engage of the Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed. December a, 1913. Serial No. 804,299. r 7

view showing more clearly the adjusting means forthe chair back. Fig. 7 V is a vertical sectlonal view through the book rest secured at one side of the chair. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view through the chair.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, simllar parts are referred to by like 1 reference characters. 1 r

The invention is shown in the drawings in its preferred "embodiment and comprises a chair of suitable material but preferably of V sturdy construction so as to be capable of sustaining the various units connected therewith and to be' more fullydescribed herein- 7 after. The chair consists essentially of the 1, an adjustable back 2, and wldearm rests 3 at each side of the chair connected to the top of the frontlegs and rearlegs Specifically describing the several features of our invention it will be noted more clearly 1 by reference to Fig. '6 that the back '2 of the legs'acljacentf the back 2, through which passes transversely the rod 7. Thisrod has formed thereon adjacent its extremities rod 7 may be rotated in its bearings to disthe pawls and vary the adjustment ticularly noted that the handle 9 is-so arranged that it will not require the occupant A to arise from-the samein order to accomplish the adjustment of said back.

of the chair chair 1s hingedly connected to the same so that said back may be adjusted at various inclinations to enablethe occupant of the chair to recline-as desired. Theiadjusting mechanismcomprises notched arcuate member's '6 secured'to the innersidesof the rear back 2, as desired. It is to be par- At an' intermediate point of the rod 7 BX i tendsrearwardly an arm '10 to the extremity of which is secured a spring 11 fastened at its other end tothej chair back, the function move the same forwardly, the pawls S'slidof said spring being to normally maintain the pawlsISon the rod 7 in engagement with the arcuate members 6 and it will beobvious that to raise'the back it is onlynecessary to wing over the notches of the members6 and,

rearward movement of saidbackis acc'om-j plished by manipulating the lever 9 as hereinbefore described. It will be noted byreference to Fig. 1 that the back 2 is formed with a plurality ofopen compartments 12 in which may be placed magazines, papers and similar articles which are desired to be retained for reference purposes, and when the back cushion 13 is properly disposed in the chair, these compartments are effectively covered in an advantageous manner.

As before stated, the arm rests 3 Y wide, sufficiently so to be useful for writing or placing thereon articles I use. Beneath the arm rests 3, at each side of the chair" and forming substantially lateral extensions for the chair seat are other shelves 7 14 also designed as a convenience for the reception of articles desired to be near at hand. r v t I Disposed at one sideof the chair is a combination book shelf and magazine rack 15 which is suitably fastened removably to the chair by means of bolts 16 and adjusting maintained nuts 17 thereon. As shown in Figs. 1 and 8 I this unit has adjacent itsupper portion a shelf 18 onwhich books may be placed while beneath said shelf, unit ispreferably provided a plurality of slats 19 forming the magazine rack. The base portion of the rack is divided from the shelf 14 adjacent thereto by the partition 20 most plainly seen in Fig. 8 of the drawings and this partition isde'signed to prevent magazines placed in the r s i g Out ontothe Shelf aforesaid) 1 One of the important features of the chair construction, referring 7 legs, is that they areof asufficient size to permit of installation of sliding compartments or drawers 2l, one of said drawers being disposed in eachjof the front legs 4 so as to slide inwardly toward each other. These are disposed in the legs asuflicient distance I above the seat so as topermittheir move- 45' I occupant of the chair: and are designed particularly to accommodate card indexes or to [be used for other desired purposes. The

ment without contact with the legs of the legs 1 of the chair being hollow, the space beneath the drawers may be:v utilized if desired.

' Securedto thefront leg one side of l the chair is provided an adjustable book rest 22 while at a corresponding point of V 24 whichat its inner extremity 7 mounted in abracket 25 secured beneath the arm rest 3, at the right sideofthe chair.

the'front leg at the opposite side is a swinging stand23, These' units are designed to cooperate in an advantageous manner more clearly to be set forth hereinafter. The adjustable book rest 22, specifically, is swivelly mounted upon the outer extremity of an arm Theboard'of the rest 22 is provided at a ,point adjacent; its top portion with a book are preferably for temporary rest shown in the Fig.

particularly to its is pivotally led 'e 22 to 'be'used mainly for a large book such as a dictionary and at its lower portion with a second ledge 22 for a reference or reading book. The rest 22'is held at suitable inclinations by means of the adjusting bar 26 whichis hingedly connected in rear of the rest as shown most clearly in Fig. 7 of the drawing. The member 26 is formed with a plurality of notches 27 and said bar is movable through an opening 28 in the base 29, on which the rest 22 is hinged at 30.

As will beobvious the inclination may be adjusted by this bar 26, the edge of the opening 28 with which the notches 27 cooperate being'suitably recessed so as to insure positive engagement of the bar in adjusted position. The stand 23 on the opposite frontleg A is movable in a manner sin1ilar to the rest 22 to a point infront of the occupant of'the chair and is designed to accommodate various articles particularly a typewriter. As shown in Fig. 3, the stand 23 is formed with an opening 23 therethrough and when the stand is swung into a position in front of the chair shown .most

clearly in Fig. 5, and the adjustable book.

rest22 is swun'g'likewise, the bar 26 is. dis engaged from the edge of the opening and passed throughthe opening 23 of the stand 23. In the horizontal position of the book just mentioned, the rest is adapted for usejas a table for writing purposes, or otherwise, and it is particularly desired that suchunit may be rendered substantially rigid and to this end the bar 26 is engaged with the edge of the opening 23 of the stand 23 so as to sustain-the rest when in horizontal position in cooperation withthe'pivot of the arm 24, It will thus be obvious that the member 22performs a dual function acting 1n one instance as an adjustable book rest and in a second instance as a table. In a similar manner the stand 23 serves a. dual function in that it may support an article disposed thereupon under ordinary use of thechair and forms an invterlocking member for holding the rest in its inwardly swung position, supporting such restadvantageously. This interlocked position of the two units described enables these parts to be assembled in compact form for moving the chair from one place to an- As most clearly may Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Let-' ters Patent is: i p

1. I'n a chair of the class described, the combination of an adjustable bookrest con nected thereto at one side of the same, a

horizontally swinging arm carrying the rest, a typewriter stand disposed at the opposite side of said chair, an arm for said stand pivotally secured to the chair for swinging' in a different horizontal plane thanthe chair at one side of the same for movement of the rest into position in frontof said chair, a movable stand disposed at the opposite side of said chair and adapted to swing in front thereof, and means for adjusting the rest at different inclinations, the stand having an opening therethrough to receive said adjusting means when moved into the position aforesaid and thereby interlock the rest and stand in cooperative relation. 3. In a chair of the/class described, the combination of an adjustable book rest, an arm pivotally connected to the chair at one sidethereof upon which said rest is pivotally connected, a typewriter standdisposed at the opposite side of said chair, an arm swingingly connected to the chair upon which the stand. is mounted, a member for adjusting. the rest atdifierent inclinations 4 I to form an adjustable book rest, said mem- 7 her being adapted to interlock with the typewriterstandto support the book rest ina horizontal position when the stand is swung in front of the chair. 7 V In testimony whereof we aflixour signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN so. 'KLEMM. Witnesses V L/O. LoEssEL, I

MARTIrr'KLEMM. 1

. EDWIN w; SCHREIBER.

Witnesses? SAMUEL DE CONE, -G. P. JAGGERS.

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